Spurs were tired. Parker was on the bench for most of OT, just looking like he was fighting for breath.
Age caught them. Parker was out of control in that final shot in regulation.
parker was sitting during ot because pop knew he had to save him for the next game. It s in these moments freak injuries happen and he didnt want to risk it with parker and his harmstring about to tear as he aknoweldged himself in the press conference one day before the game. The major mistake by pop, or whoever took this decision, was to remove duncan from the court with 30 sec left in the regular time. Wtf . Van gundy called it live . You can tell they thought they had it wrapped at this moment, and they screwed being overconfident. Looks like even pop can make crucial mistakes.
I am affraid pat riley -who is the real coach behind that spoelstra muppet- is superior to pop, and that he knew it was all about getting the youngest , more athletic talent to win as much as possible for the longest period of time. He clearly believe in sheer brutal strenght and stacking all the strenghts together. Finesse? who gives a fuck about finesse when nowadays it s all about PED and genetic freaks targeted from birth. Riley is the michael bay of basketball. It is obvious it's lebron and wade who decide what to do on the court, and that spoelstra is just a little cheerleader on the side with his bullshit lame comments during time outs. What does he know about basketball, how do you want some physical freak like lebron or anyone else on the team for that matter to respect such a whimpy dwarf. Wade probably told lebron to force him to join the heat that the real coach was riley, and that they could toy with spoelstra as much as they wanted once playing together. Bosh joined cause he was sick of being stuck playing with a loser team like fucking toronto raptors, always thought he was worth better than that, and he s the nice guy who has no ambition and only wants to follow the leaders, saw a once in a lifetime oportunity and didnt think twice about it.
Spurs plainly ran out of gas in the end and the snake bite them back when they werent caring enough. They paid the price of being too pompous and scornful. Sure they have some genuinely humble guys but they also have a bit over the top coach. I think he made the crucial mistake that cost them the game in the end, not his team who gave it all. Even if gino or parker didnt show up, you cant hate on them considering they did give their best in previous games and considering their age you just cant blame them for not being 101% every single game, especially against young miami.
It will either be an epic last game if spurs rest enough, or a blow out lead in the third quarter by miami.
